Man, 77, Charged With Assaulting Child

Essex Police News

July 18, 1997

A New York man was arrested Wednesday following a lengthy investigation into reports that he had sexually assaulted a child here in the early 1990s.

Samuel Lazow, 77, of 163 Huntington Bay Road, Huntington, N.Y., was charged with third-degree sexual assault, fourth-degree sexual assault and posing a risk of injury to a minor. He was released on $500 bail and is scheduled to appear in New Haven Superior Court on July 29.

According to police, the alleged assaults took place over a period of time. The child is now 16 years old. Police declined to provide additional information.